When Lindsey Buckingham was asked to write two songs for 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation, the call came at the right moment. He was looking for something
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Aerosmith’s debut single “Dream On” is timeless. And its creation is remarkable, considering the song was only completed thanks to a suitcase full of drug money. The
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts soared to No. 8 then earned a Grammy nomination for “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” only to see the
John Lennon and Paul McCartney are often regarded as the greatest songwriting tandem of all time, thanks to timeless material with the Beatles. Yet someone
This spoken-word prologue kicked off Billy Idol’s sixth studio LP: “All information should be free. It is not. Information is power and currency in the
When Fresh, the sixth album by Sly & the Family Stone, went on sale on June 30, 1973, it wasn’t the LP that reviewers had praised
Unlike most of the other material, “Jamie’s Cryin’” wasn’t completely fleshed out when Van Halen began recording their self-titled debut album in 1977. “When we
Kansas was at the top of their game in the summer of 1978 when the Rolling Stones made an offer they couldn’t refuse. They’d just
In five seemingly short years, the Band went from backing a mostly obscure rockabilly singer to joining Bob Dylan on tour to becoming a super-popular group
By the summer of 1973, Grand Funk Railroad was an undeniably successful rock band: They’d sold out Shea Stadium in a fraction of the time